Half of Saint-Pompon is over 61.4, older than 99% of compared French towns
Here 7.5% of households are couples with children, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 25%. Saint-Pompon had 373 residents in 200 households at the 2023 Census. Across Saint-Pompon, 1.4% of homes are flats. Households headed by a manual worker are rarer here than in 89% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Dordogne median and the France median are the median of compared communes (those with an overall grade), each figure its own median. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
What stands out about the people of Saint-Pompon
One home in three is a second home
The census counted 140 second homes and occasional dwellings in Saint-Pompon, 39% of its 360 homes: higher than in 96% of compared French towns. 94% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
An older town
Half of Saint-Pompon’s residents are under 61.4 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 42% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 15% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Saint-Pompon had 431 residents at the 2012 census and 373 in 2023, down 13%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Above 96% of compared French towns: 39% of homes are second homes
Every home the census counted: main residences, second homes and occasional dwellings (INSEE counts them together), and empty homes. Owning and renting are on Cost of living.
All homes · share of homes
Type of home
Cars per household · share of households
Some 4% of households are newcomers of under two years, against 35% who have been there 30 years or more. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The wider picture: 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Empty homes make up about one in 19 here (5.3%).
From 2012 to 2023, 99% of compared French towns grew faster than Saint-Pompon: −13%
Residents at INSEE’s last three censuses, each recast in the 2026 commune boundaries. France has no yearly estimate by commune between censuses.
2012 to 2023
2017 to 2023
In two steps, −14% to 2017 and ±0% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and −1% in Dordogne.
In Saint-Pompon, 42% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 98% of compared French towns
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Saint-Pompon 61.4. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 15 to 24 make up 6.4%, against 11% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, 22% of residents are 65 or over.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Dordogne 52.7%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Saint-Pompon: 13% of households are single parents, above 83% of compared French towns
A household is everyone who shares a main home (résidence principale). Household types come from INSEE’s fuller sample of a quarter of census forms.
Against the Dordogne median and the France median
Living alone · share
One-person households make up 43%, against 35% in the typical compared French town. The benchmark for single-parent households in the typical compared French town: 10%. Households here average 1.9 people each.
A median standard of living of €22,180 a year
The standard of living (niveau de vie) is a household’s disposable income after taxes and benefits, divided by its consumption units (UC) to allow for its size and make-up: 1 for the first adult, 0.5 for each other person 14 or older, 0.3 for each child under 14.
Medians of compared communes. Source: INSEE, Filosofi 2023.
The midpoint of living standards here is €22,180 a year per consumption unit, lower than in 88% of compared French towns.
More households headed by a retired person than 97% of compared French towns: 50%
Households by the socio-professional group (PCS) of their reference person, INSEE’s own categories. Jobs and commuting are on the Work & commute page.
Households by reference person’s group · share of households
The figure for households headed by a manager or professional is 5% in Saint-Pompon and 9.4% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a retired person is 32%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Saint-Pompon sits above 87% of compared French towns for foreign nationals (12%)
INSEE publishes two measures, which overlap but aren’t the same. Neither is the UK’s “born abroad”.
Share of residents · census 2023
Immigrant (immigré)
Born abroad, not French at birth. Someone stays an immigrant after becoming French. A French citizen born abroad (for example in Algeria before 1962) is not one.
Foreign national (étranger)
Not a French citizen today, wherever born. A child born in France to foreign parents can be a foreign national without being an immigrant.
Here 13% of residents are immigrants, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 6.5%. Elsewhere, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town. That is higher than in 80% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Dordogne has 5.4%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Fewer single residents than 83% of compared French towns: 21%
Residents 15 and over by how they live: the census asks both the legal status and whether people live as a couple.
Residents 15 and over · share
Census figures put married residents at 44% in Saint-Pompon. The wider picture: a quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Adults with no qualification make up 31% in Saint-Pompon, more than in 93% of compared French towns
Highest diploma of residents 15 and over who have left education, in French terms: the levels don’t map one-to-one to UK or U.S. ones.
Highest diploma · 15 and over, out of education
Here just over a fifth of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 30%. Elsewhere, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 2nd oldest of 41 French towns of 373 to 2,582 people
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Of the 5 towns nearest Saint-Pompon, 1 are older
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Pompon | 61.4 | 42% | 39% | 13% |
| Gourdon 4,206 · 11.7 mi | 59.4 | 40% | 13% | 9.5% |
| Sarlat-la-Canéda 8,763 · 12.2 mi | 55 | 34% | 19% | 9.1% |
| Prayssac 2,519 · 14.9 mi | 62.3 | 45% | 12% | 9.4% |
| Le Bugue 2,663 · 16.9 mi | 61 | 43% | 17% | 7.7% |
| Fumel 4,690 · 17.7 mi | 54.6 | 34% | 6.6% | 17% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Census 2023. INSEE’s census is a rolling survey: a fifth of small communes each year, 8% of homes in large ones each year. “2023” pools the surveys of 2021 to 2025, so the figures describe the town around 2023, not on one day.
- Medians of compared communes. The comparisons are the median of the département’s compared communes and of France’s (those with an overall grade), each figure its own median: not the total for the département or for France, which large cities pull towards their own figures.
- Immigrants and foreign nationals. INSEE’s two measures: an immigrant was born abroad without French nationality; a foreign national isn’t French today. Neither is a count of people born abroad, which INSEE doesn’t publish by commune.
- Second homes. Homes used for holidays or weekends, with occasional dwellings (kept for work, for example), which INSEE counts together. Their owners are counted where they live, not here.
- Standard of living. INSEE’s Filosofi: disposable income per consumption unit, from tax and benefit files, 2023. The poverty rate is the share of residents below 60% of France’s median. Not published for the smallest communes.
- What France doesn’t ask. The French census asks nothing about ethnicity, religion, language or health, so this page has no such section.
Questions about who lives in Saint-Pompon
What is the population of Saint-Pompon?
373 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 13% fewer than in 2012 (431).
How old are Saint-Pompon’s residents?
The median age is 61.4, older than 99% of compared French towns. 8.6% are under 18 and 42% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Saint-Pompon?
140, with occasional dwellings: 39% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Saint-Pompon?
INSEE counts 47 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 13% of residents, and 45 foreign nationals (12%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Saint-Pompon?
€22,180 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970). Source: INSEE, Filosofi.
Sources: INSEE, census 2023 (population, ages, households, homes, marital status, diplomas, immigrants, foreign nationals, employment), 2026 geography · INSEE, Filosofi 2023 (standard of living, poverty) · IGN Admin Express (boundaries) · Medians and percentiles: TownRatings, over compared French towns, updated November 8, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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